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DICKENS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A word used in exclamations of confusion
Example:
the dickens you say
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dickens" is a kind of...):
exclaiming; exclamation (an abrupt excited utterance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
Synonyms:
Charles Dickens; Charles John Huffam Dickens; Dickens
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Derivation:
Dickensian (of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions))
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